The governor of the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, declared “a social and economic emergency” in that region in the northeast of the country due to the humanitarian crisis caused by clashes between ELN guerrillas and FARC dissidents in the Catatumbo area (northeast).

A bloody onslaught by the ELN guerrilla group on rival fighters and civilians in northeast Colombia has risen to 80, the governor of the affected Norte de Santander department said Sunday.

More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.

The death toll from clashes between Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) and members of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 33rd Front has risen to 60, the Ombudsman’s Office said Sunday.

Fighting between armed groups involving former FARC rebels in the north-east left more than 80 dead in just 3 days. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, including civilians,

More than 80 people have been killed in just three days in northeast Colombia following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), an official has said.

More than 80 people have been killed in just three days in northeast Colombia following failed attempts to hold peace talks with the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN), an official has said. The ELN launched an assault in the northeastern Catatumbo region last Thursday on a rival group comprised of ex-members of the now-defunct FARC armed group who kept fighting after it disarmed in 2017.

The criminal war in northeast Colombia has escalated, as intense fighting between two Colombian guerrilla groups erupted in the Catatumbo region, a key cocaine production hub and criminal hotspot along the Venezuelan border.

A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in conflict-riddled Colombia has left more than 80 people dead in just over three

Fighting between armed groups in northwestern Colombia may have left more than 50 dead in three days of confrontation, local authorities told EFE on Saturday. "Since neither the Army nor the Attorney General's Office have been able to reach the area,